ENGR-111 Introduction to Engineering

Reading List

Landis, Peuker and Mott, Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, 5th edition.

Week by week

Week	Sections
1	2.1 What is Engineering? · 2.4 Rewards and Opportunities · 2.5 Greatest Achievements · 2.6 Engineering Disciplines · 2.7 Job Functions · Appendix B, 21 definitions · Appendix E, read the two pages on your own discipline
2	2.2 The Engineering Design Process · 2.3 Case Study: Human-Powered Helicopter
3	Chapter 1, Keys to Success in Engineering Study. 1.2 (what is success, goal setting) and 1.3 (effort, approach, attitude) are the core · Felder, An Engineering Student Survival Guide (PDF)
4	Chapter 3, the teaching/learning process; 3.2 (how we learn) and 3.3 (metacognition) are the core · Chapter 4, making the most of how you are taught; 4.2–4.4 (before, during, after lectures; using professors)
5	Chapter 5, making the learning process work; 5.2 (organizing, procrastination, time) twice · 6.1–6.5, receptiveness to change, the three steps to change, understanding yourself and others, self-assessment · the box in 6.6, “Lessons from NASA on Communication”
6	6.6–6.9, communication, leadership and teamwork, wellness, motivation · 7.1–7.3, student organizations, engineering projects, pre-professional employment · 8.4, academic advising
7	8.6, Engineering Ethics
8–10	none assigned

Three errors in the book

• Page 65 says the discipline descriptions are in “Appendix D.” They are in Appendix E.
• The three keys to success are Effort, Approach, and Attitude. Page 7 explains Approach as “work smart.” Page 19 explains it as “work efficiently.” The book means the same thing both times; it just says it two different ways.
• The NASA box in 6.6 (p.205) calls the Mars Climate Orbiter a “Mars Rover.” It was an orbiter, lost before orbital insertion.